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IT Project Manager

Washington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Aug 2024

About the role

As a Vision, Mission, and Driven company, VMD has been delivering information technology solutions to the Federal government in Agile Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Critical Infrastructure Protection since 2002. Our mission has now expanded, and we have merged with Xcelerate Solutions to revolutionize end-to-end enterprise security. Together we are committed to protecting our nation’s citizens, critical infrastructure, and resources. Why Join VMD Corp? At VMD, now a part of Xcelerate Solutions, you have the opportunity to thrive in your career and become a Game Changer. The quality and talent of our people is what drives our success. We embrace an employee-first culture and make it a priority to provide professional development opportunities that foster career growth. We help protect American Citizens and the nation’s most critical infrastructure by working alongside our customers and delivering game changing solutions to strengthen their missions. We believe our passion and commitment to achieve our customers' goals and solve their most critical challenges defines who we are. We don’t just dream big, we act on it – through teamwork, dedication, and resilience.

Learn more about VMD culture here: VMD Culture

About the Mission You Will Join:
Implement innovation transformation technologies and support services to establish and acquire Digital Transformation Support Services to help achieve CISA’s mission and goals. Help design, implement, and maintain a comprehensive CISA data architecture; design and engineer consolidated and consistent cross-agency data management solutions; development and deployment data integration analytics solutions; and design and develop end-user data visualization capabilities.

Your Impact to the Mission:
VMD Corp seeks a Project Manager to provide mission focused, data driven innovation including methods for rapid evaluations, testing, and adoption for new technologies. In this role you will:

Oversee the planning, delivery, and completion of large-scale enterprise-wide IT initiatives, enterprise data management, analytics support, and organizational governance.
Act as a single point of contact for the CO/COR
Assign tasks and work elements; make business, product, and technical decisions; and be accountable for the success of failure of the overall service(s)
Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to project implementation and quality assurance by effectively evaluating and monitoring cost, schedule, and performance, assessing variances from the plan, and overseeing the execution of necessary corrective actions
Manage scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, travel plans, performance reviews, and timing for new initiatives
Manage project teams for optimal return-on-investment, and coordinate and delegate cross-project initiatives
Develop and manage the budget for projects and be accountable for delivering against established business goals/objectives
Analyze, evaluate, and overcome project risks and financials, and produce project reports for management and stakeholders
Create a training plan to keep contractor staff current on evolving technologies while containing cost to the government
Provide disaster recovery planning

Experience Needed to Be Successful:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT project Management
Experience ensuring BPA functions, PM services, performance tracking and reporting, and BPA execution are conducted and managed according to industry best practices
Experience applying Agile / Scrum methodologies
Ability to breakdown high-level strategies into actionable steps
Consistently follows documented processes to meet strategic objectives
Natural leadership abilities, strong analytical capabilities, and critical thinking skills
Ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, complex information in a clear, concise manner that is targeted to and meets the needs of diverse audiences with different perspectives and objectives

Desired Qualifications and Skills:

Ability to lead organic growth and desire to support other BD and corporate strategy and initiatives.
Working knowledge of FITARA, FedRAMP, Federal Cloud Computer Str